Frostproof, Florida sample ballot 2026

Rick Wilson is the incumbent District 2 commissioner, a lifelong Bartow resident who works in cattle and agriculture, with eight years on the commission, per LkldNow's race coverage.

Quinn is an artist and conservation communicator who has spent her life as a third-generation Polk County resident, per the campaign site. She is running for Polk County Commissioner District 2 on a platform of transparent planning for the county, per the campaign site.

Arroyo founded a construction company after moving to Haines City in 2001 and became a Florida-certified building contractor, per the campaign site. He served as Haines City's first Hispanic commissioner, vice mayor, and mayor before running for Polk County Commission District 4, per the campaign site.

Sims is a former foster youth who spent over a decade in the foster care system, per the campaign site. He has built his career as a social worker advocating for children and families and is running for Polk County School Board District 3, per the campaign site.

Wallace was appointed to the Polk County School Board in 2025 by Governor Ron DeSantis and works as director of state government affairs for Spectrum in Florida, per the campaign site. She previously served as founding executive director of Lakeland Leads, now ConnectED Polk, and has worked on education reform in nine states through the Foundation for Excellence in Education, per the campaign site.

Kay Fields is president and CEO of Girls Inc. of Lakeland and the incumbent, serving on the board since 2002; if reelected this would be her final term under Florida's term-limit law, per LkldNow's race coverage.

Neelam founded Mentour Corporation and Odin Group and serves as a trustee at Florida Polytechnic University and Florida TaxWatch, per the campaign site. He previously worked as a software engineer at AT&T, Merrill Lynch, Lucent Technologies, and Citigroup, per the campaign site.

Kasen Hampton is a 19-year-old Polk State College student from Lake Wales majoring in public administration, per The Ledger's race coverage.

Sharpless is a Polk County native and career educator with a background in agricultural industry advocacy, per the campaign site. He is an alumnus of Polk County Public Schools running for a seat on the school board, per the campaign site.

Miller taught in Polk County Schools for four years before serving as a school board member while also operating a local business, per the campaign site. A Polk County native who attended local schools, she has been a parent advocate for a decade, per the campaign site.

Angie Nixon is a Florida state representative from Jacksonville, a union organizer and a mother, per the campaign site. She is executive director of Florida for All, a statewide coalition, and runs a bookstore and community hub in Jacksonville, per the campaign site. The campaign site says she expanded child care in the State House and led the fight against the state's new voting maps, per the campaign site.

Donalds is a member of Congress representing Florida's 19th District since January 2021, per the chamber's membership roster. Before Congress, he worked in the finance, insurance and banking industries in Southwest Florida and served in the Florida House of Representatives, where he chaired the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee and led the effort to enact Hope Scholarships for school choice, per the campaign site. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Florida State University in 2002, per the campaign site.

• Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the House 222-209 in November 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the September 2025 stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-212 in September 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Supported

David Jolly is the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, a former Republican congressman from the Tampa Bay area who left the GOP and joined the Democratic Party in 2025. His campaign emphasizes affordability, property insurance reform, public schools, and ending one-party control of Tallahassee.

Jose Javier Rodriguez is an attorney, a former Florida state representative and state senator from Miami, and a former U.S. assistant secretary of labor, per the campaign site. His campaign says he would focus the office on crime, costs and corruption and serve as an independent-minded enforcer of the law, per the campaign site.

Annette Taddeo is a Florida state senator, the first Latina Democrat elected to the Florida State Senate, first elected in a 2017 special election, per the campaign site.

Simpson is a fifth-generation Floridian and lifelong farmer who operates a large-scale egg-laying operation supplying Florida supermarkets, per the campaign site. He currently serves as Florida's Agriculture Commissioner and previously served in the state Senate, per the campaign site.

Joey Mendoza Atkins is the Democratic nominee for Florida agriculture commissioner. A lifelong Floridian, he earned a political science degree cum laude and a law degree, worked as a family-law attorney, and represented athletes as a Miami-area sports agent. His platform focuses on grocery costs, local farmers, and affordability.